Resistant Organisms

The ability of organisms to become resistant to antimicrobials has increased in recent decades and remains a cause of public health threat locally, nationally and internationally. Almost all infectious agents, i.e. bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites, have employed levels of multidrug resistance, resulting in treatment failure, prolonged illness, higher healthcare costs and increased morbidity and mortality. All healthcare facilities are affected by the emergence and transmission of antimicrobial-resistant microorganisms.